what item MOF don't want opt pay?

ok ....

Our 2nd A400M may first fly soon. mostly on next month.

INFLATABLE LIFE VEST (life jacket) .... if drop to water.....

this missile should be have fire range 80km

china reported Viscount Melbourne ship do green activity like Trees in Luconia reef.....
seem some start make hot news in china.


china news
http://www.nhjd.net/article-1154-1.html

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 24 2015, 10:03 PM

FA-50 much same like F-16

i see ... FA50 suitable to replace our Hawk.

well china park their coast guard beside Luconia Shoals，and in china media already claim Luconia Shoals belong to them.
this news in china become MY Invade china shoals。。
i don't see we can do anything more. Gov not even have courage to built outpost there.
so just accept if we lost Luconia Shoals.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 26 2015, 04:42 PM

20/9 image。

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 26 2015, 02:07 AM

New RMAF Base In Sendayan 40 Per Cent Completed

PORT DICKSON, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- The construction of the new airbase for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in Sendayan, Seremban is now being actively carried out and so far, 40 per cent of the project has been developed.

Air Force chief General Tan Sri Roslan Saad said according to the plan, the new air base was expected to be fully completed by the end of 2016 and operations would begin early the following year.

"The airbase, covering 303 hectares, would accommodate 1,500 personnel. The RMAF would make the base as a training centre and emplace all training units at all airbases throughout the country in one location only.

"The new air base is to replace the existing base in Sungai Besi," he said at a media conference after a parade at the Army Basic Training Centre, here Monday

Also present were the Joint Forces Commander Lt Gen Datuk Baharom Hamzah, Army Training Commander Maj Gen Datuk Suhaimi Mohd Zuki and Assistant Chief of Staff MK TL Exercise Operations Rear Admiral Datuk Pahlawan Mior Rosdi Mior Mohd Jaafar.

He said that besides making it as a professional training centre for officers and men in the fields of logistics, administration and management, the new air base would also accommodate the Training Commanding Headquarters.

He said that about 30 per cent of the base would be reserved as a green area to be used as training ground for the military besides for future development if necessary.

Meanwhile, 847 members of the Malbatt 850-2 team who carried out the mission of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were awarded the PNBB medals.

They comprised 75 officers and 772 other ranks led by Colonel Khaswadi Lahuri.

Three officers and 27 members of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces also received the awards.

The awards were to recognise the success of the troops in carrying out the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon for 12 months beginning Sept 25 2014.

-- BERNAMA

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U.S. Is Struggling in Its Effort to Build an Afghan Air Force
By ROD NORDLANDSEPT. 26, 2015

KABUL, Afghanistan — Col. Qalandar Shah Qalandari, Afghanistan’s most decorated pilot, recently took command of what was meant to be the building blocks of his country’s new air force: a squadron of shiny American-made attack helicopters, intended to solve the chronic lack of close air support for Afghan troops.

Sixteen of the armed MD-530 scout helicopters were rushed here this year to great fanfare, and a dozen more are to join them. But Colonel Qalandari was not impressed. “This plane is a total mess,” he said. “To be honest, I don’t know why we have this plane here.”

An Afghan public affairs officer tried to shush the colonel as he spoke to a journalist at the Afghan Air Force base at Kabul airport. A United States Air Force public affairs officer looked on aghast.

But Colonel Qalandari kept on: “I will tell the truth. This is my country, and these are my men, and they deserve the truth.”

He tossed a map on the table, showing the effective range of the helicopter from its Kabul airfield: It cannot even reach areas where the Taliban normally operate. In summertime, its maximum altitude with a full load of fuel and ammunition is only 7,000 to 8,000 feet, he said — meaning it cannot cross most of the mountain ranges that encircle Kabul, which is itself at an elevation of about 6,000 feet.

“It’s unsafe to fly, the engine is too weak, the tail rotor is defective and it’s not armored. If we go down after the enemy we’re going to have enemy return fire, which we can’t survive. If we go up higher, we can’t visually target the enemy,” Colonel Qalandari said. “Even the guns are no good.”

Each helicopter carries two .50-caliber machine guns, mounted on pods on either side of the craft’s small bubble cockpit. “They keep jamming,” one of the colonel’s 10 newly American-trained pilots said.

Colonel Qalandari is not the first Afghan official to complain about the woeful state of efforts to build an air force to replace the Americans in carrying out airstrikes, medical evacuations and transport missions in a country with poor and dangerous roads. United States officials have long seen the aspirations as unrealistic, while Afghans have complained that their allies have ignored their views about what they need to fight the Taliban.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 28 2015, 11:48 AM

If MD-530F also under power, Ah-6i will be more worst ....
don't why so many people support get Ah-6i except price.
MD530F power/weight ratio: 1,410 kg/317 kW = 0.22
AH-6i power/weight ratio: 1,610 kg/317 kW = 0.19

super expensive ， Type 26 Frigate 13 ship for 12 billion pound， about usd 18.2 billion， means usd 1.4 billion for each type 26 ship。
dcns Fremm i expected 2020 start also minimum usd 1 billion each。


http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-n...gates/72796134/

Ballpark Cost Revealed For Royal Navy Frigates
By Andrew Chuter 10:46 a.m. EDT September 25, 2015

LONDON — Until last week the likely cost of the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigate was a closely held number known only to a few at the Ministry of Defence and shipbuilder BAE Systems.

That changed Sept 16 when a top military officer gave the first hint of the likely huge cost of the Type 26 program during a speech to an audience at the DSEI defense exhibition in London.

Defense News wasn’t present at the speech but one industry official who was said the number popped out when Rear Adm Alex Burton, the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, (Ships) was comparing the magnitude of the Type 26 to other programs.

Burton put a price tag of £12 billion on what is currently a 13 frigate program aimed at replacing the Royal Navy’s aging Type 23 anti-submarine/general purpose fleet starting 2023 when HMS Argyll is retired.

The figure is not the exact cost for the program but was meant to give the audience a feel for the size of the program versus other projects, said a MoD source.

The figure had been rounded up by Burton and the true cost was closer to £11.5 billion, they said.

The source said the figure was an outturn price for a program expected to run into the 2030’s and not the cost at current prices.

The MoD doesn't dispute Burton used the figure.

Asked to give more details. a MoD spokeswoman said: “The MoD has adopted an incremental approach to financial commitment on the Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. The program entered its demonstration phase in April 2015. The program’s cost will be subject to future investment decisions.”

Building the Type 26 is part of an expected huge upcoming investment in Royal Navy platforms.

In the 10-year equipment program rolled out last year, the MoD said it would spend £18.2 billion buying and maintaining surface ships over the next decade and around £40 billion on submarines.

The total 10 year equipment and support plan is costed at £163 billion.

BAE has been under intense scrutiny from the MoD. The ministry appointed consultants McKinsey to help drive costs on what is a big and expensive platform.

Making the program affordable has resulted in a number of capability — cost trade off’s, although that process is at an end, BAE executives said earlier this year.

BAE and the MoD remain locked in negotiations over a contract to build the first three frigates at it’s naval shipyards on the Clyde, Scotland.

The strategic defence and security review, scheduled to be published around the end of November, could confirm the issue of how many, and when, the new warships will be delivered.

A spokesman for the company declined to talk about program costs, but said BAE is “working closely with the Ministry of Defence and our partners in the supply chain to mature the design as we progress to the manufacturing phase, which is expected to start in Glasgow next year. Our joint focus is to ensure the Royal Navy has the capability it needs to protect national interests, while ensuring the best value for money for UK taxpayers.”

BAE executives have voiced concerns over the drumbeat of production beyond the first three warships.

A new naval shipbuilding strategy which could be part of the SDSR could answer some of those questions.

The company is expected to cut the metal on the Type 26 next year with the first warship delivered in 2021 or 2022.

The construction deal is not expected to be signed until after a 12 month , £859 million, demonstration contract comes to a close at the end of March, 2016.

The government committed cash in February for a demonstration phase that includes money to build test facilities and the start of purchasing long-lead items like gas turbine engines from Rolls-Royce, gear boxes from David Brown Gear Systems and communications equipment from Rohde & Schwarz.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 28 2015, 04:01 PM

This one under power and danger ....
sad news sad we going to buy too..

agree .... anyway they will still increase year by year. estimated 2018 will have much more increasing defense budget.

USD 1B can buy alot asset, is yearly so 5 year continue 5b liao, can support 2-3 program procurement budget.
remember asset pay over construction period usually 3-5 year.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 30 2015, 12:11 PM

we about 1.5%+- from GDP. if we can have defense budget at 2.5% of GDP than, defense capability should can increase a lot.

Second A400M To Be Delivered In December - RMAF Chief

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief, General Tan Sri Roslan Saad said the second Airbus A400M will be received in early December.

"This is the second of four aircraft bought in December 2005. The first was received on March 9. The A400M is a modern aircraft compared to the DHC-4 Coribou which we already have.

"RMAF pilots can still fly the aircraft despite the modern technology," he told reporters after his induction as fifth member of the Hall of Fame at Armed Forces Defence College (MPAT) here, today.

The A400M has a longer operating range and capable of transporting a higher volume of cargo compared to other aircraft in the RMAF stable.

Other than for defence purposes, it can also perform Medical Evacuation (Medevac) Air to Air Refuelling (AAR), Aerial Delivery (Paratroop & Logistic) and Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations.

Roslan said the remaining two aircraft are expected to arrive in stages in the middle of next year.

Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest award for MPAT alumni holding the highest office in military service.

The other inductees were Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) chief, General Tan Sri Zulkifli Mohd Zin, former RMAF chief, General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general, Admiral Datuk Mohd Amdan Kurish and Army chief, General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor.

-- BERNAMA

put HANS Device like in racing car.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Oct 2 2015, 09:21 PM